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Jun 20, 2022 · facsimile (n.)"exact copy," 1690s, two words, from Latin fac simile "make similar," from fac imperative of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe-"to set, put") + simile, neuter of similis "like, resembling, of the same kind" (see similar). One-word form predominated in 20c. As an adjective from 1877.
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facsimile 뜻: 복사; "정확한 사본," 1690년대, 두 단어로 이루어진 것은 라틴어 'fac...
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Significato di facsimile: facsimile; "copia esatta," 1690s,...
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A facsimile (from Latin fac simile, "to make alike") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible.
The earliest known use of the noun facsimile is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for facsimile is from before 1661, in the writing of Thomas Fuller, Church of England clergyman.
Deriving from the Latin fac simile (‘make similar’), the term ‘facsimile’ means an exact copy, representation, or reproduction of a piece of writing or printing, imitating in every detail the ...
The word derives from the Latin term: fac simile = make it similar. A facsimile is the faithful reproduction (an exact copy) of a manuscript, or printed book.
Historically, facsimile dates from Alexander Bain’s British patent in 1843. In the first half of the 20th century, John V.L. Hogan and many other United States inventors furthered its development, and in the early 1950s there was the first substantial exploration of modern digital, or time-compression, facsimile using run-length encoding.
work, they may easily have used the word facsimile in good faith, but certainly not with understanding. Facsimiles began to be made in the eighteenth century. What they did, under the name of facsimile, in the nineteenth century, is almost unbelievable. Theodore L. De Vinne once said that